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Haiti - Politic : Summary of the parliamentary week
29/01/2019 09:40:25

Haiti - Politic : Summary of the parliamentary week
According to the Citizen Observatory for the Institutionalization of Democracy (OCID), for the week of January 21 to 25, 2019, the Senate hold 2 plenary sessions (January 23 and 24) and the Lower House 1 session on January 22.

Chamber of Deputies :
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the new bureau of the Chamber attempted to gather the quorum after two roll calls. It was not until Thursday, 24, to bring together 64 deputies in the meeting room. The main items on the agenda of this session were the registration of political blocs, the formation of the special commission of accounts, the choice of deputies to represent the lower house in the bicameral commission of discharges and the formation of different standing committees.

After the registration of the new majority political bloc of 65 deputies "Entente Parlementaire pour une Alternative Nationale" (EPAN) that replaces the former majority political bloc APH, the members of the office have not found the necessary serenity to continue the meeting and were forced to put it in continuation.

Steering Committee of the new EPAN Political Block :
Julmice Jacques (VERITE), President
Exinord Hernano (INITE), Vice President
Alsace HubertDieu (BOUCLIER), 1st Secretary
Borgella Jean Wilfrid (PHTK), 2nd Secretary
Ostin Pierre Louis (PHTK), Treasurer
Asthène Jean (MOSANO), Councilor
Rubes Jacquelin (KID), Councilor
Franck Lauture (OPL), spokesperson.

Note that on Wednesday 23, Gary Bodeau, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, through a correspondence addressed to the Executive, has returned the draft budget law 2018-2019, for non-compliance with the socio-economic reality, the law of May 4, 2016 and the obvious expectations of the Haitian population.

Senate :
For its part, the Senate tried to organize its first plenary session on January 23, a session that lasted only a few minutes, one of the 16 Senators present at the roll call slammed the door and reversed the quorum. The bureau adjourned the meeting and put it into continuation.

On Thursday, January 24, 18 senators were present at the first roll call. This session allowed only 16 senators to continue with the vote of the bill on the manufacture, the commercialization, the detention, the control, the port and the use of firearms on the national territory. From Chapter V, Article 16, they voted 9 articles in this text before the quorum was overturned.

In addition, the Senate Committee on Finance, Economy, Trade and Budget met Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the Economist Kesner Pharel in order to communicate to the commission its analyzes of the budget 2018-2019 and Friday 25 it spoke with Josué Merillien, the Coordinator of the National Union of Haitian Normalians to analyze the allocations granted to the education system through the budget.

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